At Thursday, 25 April 2002, you wrote: >> Chayote is vegetable used in Lousiana, Mexico, Central and South America >mostly. > >Pretty popular in Philippines, too, I believe. > >> One way that we cooked them in Louisiana is by boiling them until >> soft not mushy. (Fork tender) > >Be careful, though. As I recall, it has to cook for some time until it >finely gets tender, but then after only a very brief additional period it >becomes mushy -- surprisingly fast. Chayote isn't nearly as nice mushy as >when just tender. > > --- Brent >